gung-ho

wholeheartedly enthusiastic and loyal; eager; zealous: a gung-ho military outfit.

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adverb

in a successful manner: The business is going gung-ho.

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Origin of gung-ho

introduced as a training slogan in 1942 by U.S. Marine officer Evans F. Carlson (1896–1947) < Chinesegōng hé, the abbreviated name of the Chinese Industrial Cooperative Society, taken by a literal translation as “work together”